Service Details
Name:
ODENDAAL
Given Name:
IZAK JOHANNES MEYER
Initials:
I J M
Service No:
202918V
Trade:
Pilot
Rank:
Major
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-08-17
Other Casualties on this Date
Age:
29
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), exploded in mid-air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW248
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 17 September 1943 pg. 4131
Additional
Information:
Son of Dirk Cornelis and Catharina Agatha Odendaal, of Harrismith, Orange Free State. Born Berwick, Harrismith District. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
Commemoration
Country:
Poland
Other Casualties commemorated in Poland
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
1. B. 7.

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